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Two best friends follow their flights of fancy in this charming early reader graphic novel. Best friends Willa and Wade really want to fly. Sure, Willa’s an ostrich and Wade’s a penguin. But there must be something they can think of that will get them off the ground! The two thorough thinkers try different ways - from pirouettes to pogo sticks - to catch some air. But while they do a lot of trying, it doesn’t lead to any flying! Will the frien...

When a house full of grandmothers tries to determine who is the ¿best¿ grandma, a hilarious hullabaloo ensuesWhen a mysterious yellow envelope arrives at Hollyhock House, it causes quite the hubbub. It¿s addressed simply to ¿the greatest grandmother in the world.¿ The trouble is, there are a lot of grandmothers, great-grandmothers, and even a great-great-grandmother living at Hollyhock House. So who is the best grandmother? Whether your grandm...

Little does Bear know, when he emerges from his winter sleep, that he's about meet a special someone who will change his life forever. If he had slept another second, he would have missed the moment -- THE moment -- in a day that started everything. Bird flits and flies from here to there while Bear watches, entranced. And, all the while, Bird sings -- she can even sing upside down! When Bear learns that Bird is practicing to perform in an ope...

Eine Geschichte über Freundlichkeit und Mut, urkomisch und klug erzählt Die ganze Stadt ist in Aufruhr. Ein Alligator! Mitten auf dem Marktplatz! "LAUFT", rufen alle. Doch der Junge aus dem Wald weiß, dass der Alligator eigentlich nur einsam ist. Und hungrig. Doch die Bewohner wollen nichts von einem Alligator in der Stadt wissen. Dabei hat der Alligator bisher nicht mal jemanden gefressen. Schafft der Junge es, seinen ungewöhnlichen Freund...

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The funniest book about punctuation you'll ever read.Dee has a problem with Apostrofee. He keeps stealing letters and replacing them with himself! E is the first to go (turning DELISH into D'LISH), then A (I AM into I'M), and a lot of Os (WOULD NOT into WOULDN'T, COULD NOT into COULDN'T ... you get the idea). Dee and the other letters have had enough! Though they have to admit Apostrofee is kind of helpful sometimes. And they do miss him when ...

This book showcases new approaches to studying public health in the media, suggesting that we need to further analyse the production of media, power dynamics, and audience reception of media messages. It was originally published as a special issue of Critical Public Health.

This is a dog book, and bunny wants to be in it!To get into this dog book, a bunny tries to prove to some skeptical dogs that he's one of them. Does he like to run and catch a ball? Of course. Can he use his puppy-dog eyes to get out of trouble? Absolutely. Does he smell dog doo-doos? Umm . . . The bunny does his best to demonstrate his dog credentials. But, of course, a bunny is a bunny, not a dog. Only, does it have to matter?This bunny is a...

A humorous tale about acceptance, social justice and keeping an open mind.Though he's scared at first, a boy who encounters an alligator in the woods discovers all the creature wants is companionship --- and leftovers! --- and the two become friends. But the mayor of the boy's town won't have it. He makes a proclamation, ¿NO ALLIGATORS! Blah, blah, blah.¿ Which the townspeople agree with, at first. Then they realize how friendly the alligator ...

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The third book in the popular, rib-tickling Big Words Small Stories series.Meet Oleander, who likes to keep busy, and her pet salamander, Sally Mander, who prefers to take it easy. Over the course of five short stories, the pair are visited by the Sprinkle Fairy and her helpers, who've slipped a Big Word into each story. For example, Oleander accuses Sally Mander of procrastinating when it comes to her gardening duties. And Sally Mander demand...

The second installment of this series finds Davey and his dog, Abigail, swept up into the air with an enormous dustball, which takes them on adventures to places around the world. Again, the mischievous Sprinkle Fairy and her helpers have slipped a Big Word into the story, along with a kid-friendly pronunciation and definition. Full color.

In this collection, Henderson has created an innovative approach to an early reader that involves children in five simple, fun-to-read stories, while using a clever, playful device to enrich their vocabularies at the same time. The quirky stories are funny, with storylines that build on each other. Full color.

The Unfolding of Words brings together international scholarship to explore crucial changes in writers' interactions with religious and classical texts.